The Ultimate Guide to Hand Carried Imports into New Zealand with Platinum®
Navigating the customs clearance processes at international airports can be challenging, especially if you hand carry commercial or business goods to New Zealand. This is where Platinum® comes into play.
With over 24 years of experience, Platinum® have mastered the process of customs clearing hand-carried imports into New Zealand, ensuring that you experience a smooth transition from disembarking the plane, clearing the New Zealand Customs Service (NZCS) and departing the terminal.
Hand Carried Imports
Every calendar day, from Monday through Sunday, international airports in New Zealand process thousands of passengers arriving from overseas. Some passengers travel abroad for business purposes and return to New Zealand with hand carried commercial or business goods. Platinum® regularly assists jewellers who hand carry diamonds or gold jewellery, film and camera crews who arrive into New Zealand for the purpose of filming a movie or commercial and overseas businesses who have sent their employees to New Zealand with samples for sale.
Platinum® has simplified the customs clearance process for hand carried imports arriving into New Zealand airports for over two decades. We ensure that our clients can swiftly leave the airport with the stock that they are carrying. There have been countless instances where passengers have not known about Platinum® and have telephone our office to advise that they have just arrived into the first New Zealand airport and have cleared customs at the first port of entry but are unable to board their next flight as their stock or their goods have been detained for a customs clearance and tax assessment.
Platinum® always aims to process a pre-clearance before the passenger departs from the overseas airport heading to New Zealand. We email the customs release to the passenger while they are overseas and then they print the paperwork to show the New Zealand Customs Service (NZCS) officer upon arrival.
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The Passenger (PAX) Process
When you travel overseas and hand carry commercial or business goods to New Zealand, you must place a yes ‘tick’ at section 6 on the arrival immigration arrival card declaring that you have ‘goods carried for business or commercial use’. A NZCS officer will issue you a ‘Receipt for Detained Goods (NZCS 315)’; you must source a licensed customs broker (LCB) to process the customs entry and tax assessment in order to take possession of your goods.
If the goods are commercial or business goods, there is no minimum value for these items; all commercial or business goods will require a customs clearance to be performed. After the customs clearance has been processed, you must return to the International Airport and collect your goods.
Platinum® Passenger (PAX) Clearance
For over 24 years, Platinum® have been pre-clearing travellers’ commercial and business goods that are being hand carried to New Zealand. We receive all of the paperwork from the passenger before they depart for New Zealand so that a customs entry and tax assessment can be processed. The final paperwork is then emailed to the passenger for printing before they board the flight to New Zealand.
Platinum® operates at all international airports in New Zealand, seven days a week, providing a premium passenger (PAX) clearance for hand carried commercial or business goods.
Platinum® regularly pre-clears hand carried commercial and business goods for jewellers (diamonds, semi-precious stones, gold jewellery), watches, film and camera equipment, testing and evaluation equipment, scientific equipment and fashion items.
Platinum® Passenger (PAX) Locations
Platinum® passenger (PAX) clearances extend to every international airport in New Zealand, including Auckland International Airport (AKL), Wellington International Airport (WLG), Christchurch International Airport (CHC) and Queenstown International Airport (ZQN).
Navigating the passenger (PAX) hand carried imports process at New Zealand’s international airports can be daunting. Rest assured that when you rely upon Platinum®, you will be processed by the NZCS promptly. Whenever you are arriving into New Zealand with commercial or business goods, your choice should be to rely upon Platinum®, as we are experts at passenger (PAX) hand carried customs clearances. Platinum® is the only customs brokerage that guarantees that you will only ever deal with one customs clearance professional from our company; this service is known as One Touch®; where one customs broker will handle your enquiry from the very beginning through to the very end – every time.
